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Chapter 10 - -Assumed what, James?

Lily awoke at about 10 the next morning, getting up slowly and slipping into the shower.

After really waking up halfway though her shower when the water went from a comfortable warmness to a horrible icy cold, she stepped into her closet to find something to wear. She found it much harder to find an outfit today, yesterday she just slipped on her favorite red tee-shirt, and some hip huggers, but today she actually wanted to look good for James. After about 30 minutes she settled with a black pleated skirt and a black tee-shirt with a lower neck line, and a small gold glittery peace sign on the back near her hip. She admired herself for a while, before stepping downstairs for breakfast.

After about 3 minutes the doorbell rang. If this was James he is awfully early. she thought checking the clock She ran to the door and opened it in haste after straightening her shirt and fixing her hair. It was not James.

A tall, boy with long sandy hair, a perfect nose, and bright blue eyes stood in her door way. "Er... lily is aunt rose home?" Aunt rose, that would be her mother. Aunt he had said, that meant he must be one of her many cousins, lily had in fact tons of cousins on her mothers side.

"Hello," lily said a bit delayed. "And who are you?"

"Lily, please!" he sounded quite offended. "Its Daniel hello you bestest friend in the whole wide world" her eyes widened, now she remembered, but this could not be! Daniel was her cousin and best friend before she went to hogwarts, they were best friends at school but since then she had moved on, gotten new friends and forgotten him.

"Daniel?" she was astounded these last years had done him so good, he was no longer the short stubby boy with stringy hair, he was now extremely handsome. "... there is no way! You look awesome!" he pulled her into a giant hug and her feet left the ground. after he put her down she ushered him inside. Her mother recognized him, but petunia did not, and she introduced her self trying to be flirtatious, lily tried not to laugh. After ten minutes of catching up, lily and Daniel went into the kitchen to get a snack, she hadn't seen him for 6 years and yet it had been like they have never been apart, constantly laughing and joking. Lily was washing the dish that they had there pizza on, when the doorbell rang.

"Daniel would you be such a doll as to get the door, my hands are just sopping!"she said in a silly snob-like voice, laughing.

"Of course." he skipped to the door trying to be funny, opening it slowly. Lily could hear him from the kitchen "Hello! How may I help you sir?" A second voice came, a much more familiar one,

"Is er... lily here?" it was James. Oh my, I almost forgot! She slid to the door in her socks.

"James!" she hugged him "I'll be ready in two seconds please come in. I'll be back in two" she pulled him inside and raced up the stairs. How could I forget? She slipped on some black boots and her cloak. She fixed up her hair, put on some lip gloss, and ran down the stairs. James and Daniel were standing at opposite sides of the dining room staring at each other, James in the-why-were-you-in-a-room-alone-with-my-girl way, and Daniel with a jealous version of who-the-bloody-hell-are-you-and-why-are-you-here-for-lily glare.

"Sorry" she said to both of them. "Daniel, I'm going with James for the day." James smiled, Daniel took his eyes of James and looked at lily, a bit shocked.

"Why are you wearing a cloak?" he laughed, lily and James laughed too, but at him, not with him.

"Er..." lily gave a look towards James, "I'll explain later" she kissed Daniel on the cheek. James became very red and stopped smiling. "Lets go!" lily grabbed James' hand and walked out the door. After a few steps he stopped and let go of her hand. She turned to look at him.

"Why didn't you say anything, yesterday" he said sadly, looking at his feet.

"What do you mean?"lily was thoroughly confused.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you stop me from kissing you?" he looked at her, he looked like he could have cried but there was anger in his voice, lily touched his hand.

"Why would I do that?" he yanked his hand away.

"Because you have a boyfriend." lily opened her mouth but he cut her off before she even began "you let me kiss you and, I thought you really liked me" he looked her in the eyes. But she didn't feel the same feeling she did last time, this time her stomach curled into a knot, she knew what he thought.

"James," her voice cracked as though she would cry, "Daniel isn't my boyfriend."

"Then why would you kiss him"

"I kissed him on the cheek, and he's my cousin!" she was half shouting this time, James looked at his feet again, a little embarrassed, and a little mad.

"You kissed me on the cheek!" he stated it as if it were a question. he looked at her face, but he couldn't look her in the eye this time, "so I just assumed-"

"Assumed what, James?"

"-That you liked him, more."

"That's ridiculous" she laughed

"How?"

"I-I don't think I've liked any boy as much as I like you J-James." she sort of studdered nervously as she said the words. She held his hand, and looked him in the eyes. After a moment of silence she changed the subject, "so are you going to finish my tour or what?" He laughed. And walked her back to his house, holding her hand...